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Video: “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by The Petersens

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Today’s featured video showcases the musical talents of The Petersens, a family Bluegrass band from the Missouri Ozarks.

Every member of this group is a talented musician and singer, and together they produce some of the finest family harmonies around.

In this video they put a wonderful Bluegrass spin on the John Denver classic “Take Me Home, Country Roads”.  [Read more…]

7 things to carefully consider when looking for a house or apartment

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I’ve moved several times over the course of my lifetime, and I’ve learned a few things from those experiences.

As a result, there are always certain things I look for before I agree to sign a lease or purchase agreement on a new home.

While some of these things are fairly trivial, a few of them are absolute deal-breakers if they don’t pan out.

With that in mind, here are seven things you really need to consider when choosing your next home: [Read more…]

Video: Watch these guys build a motorcycle from Harbor Freight ‘parts’

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I’ve always been interested in things what are “home-built”.

I grew up watching my dad turn ordinary things into new, completely different things using little more than a few hand tools and his creative imagination.

Likewise, I watched my brothers turn piles of wood or metal into professional-quality products that were both well-designed and incredibly useful.

Today I’d like to share a short video with you that just might get your own creative juices flowing…  [Read more…]